Friday, January 18, 2013

Fiscal Year 2013 Pollution Prevention Grant Program

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 01/17/2013 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

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Document Type:

Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number:

EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-001

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Posted Date:

Jan 17, 2013

Creation Date:

Jan 17, 2013

Original Closing Date for Applications:

Mar 14, 2013 Please refer to the announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.

Current Closing Date for Applications:

Mar 14, 2013 Please refer to the announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.

Eligible Applicants

Additional Information on Eligibility:

See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.

Agency Name

Environmental Protection Agency

Description

The Pollution Prevention Grant Program supports State and Tribal technical assistance programs which help businesses identify better environmental strategies and solutions for reducing or eliminating waste at the source. EPA anticipates it will award approximately $4.1 million in total program funding during Fiscal Year (FY) 2013. Grants will be awarded and managed by each of EPA's ten Regional Pollution Prevention Program Offices. Grant awards are dependent on Congressional appropriation and the quality of proposals received.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Sustainable Landscapes, Clean Energy and Adaptation

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 11/28/2012 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

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Description of Modification
CFDA number added.

Document Type:

Modification to Previous Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number:

APS-OAA-12-000003-ADDENDUM

Opportunity Category:

Continuation

Posted Date:

Nov 28, 2012

Creation Date:

Jan 16, 2013

Original Closing Date for Applications:

Feb 01, 2013

Current Closing Date for Applications:

Feb 01, 2013

Archive Date:

Funding Instrument Type:

Cooperative Agreement

Category of Funding Activity:

Natural Resources

Category Explanation:

Expected Number of Awards:

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$10,000,000

Award Ceiling:

$10,000,000

Award Floor:

$500,000

CFDA Number(s):

98.001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:

No

Eligible Applicants

Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Agency Name

Agency for International Development

Description

USAID’s climate change program uses three pillars of funding—“Sustainable Landscapes” investments in land use practices that stop, slow, and reverse emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests and other landscapes; “Clean Energy” investments to establish a foundation for low carbon energy systems; and “Adaptation” to increase the resilience of people, places and livelihoods to a changing climate. This Addendum to the GDA APS seeks private sector partners that wish to collaborate with USAID on programs that realize these three pillars while pursuing their own business or philanthropic interests.

Link to Additional Information

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

FOA: Algae Biofuel Yield (ABY)

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 01/15/2013 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

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Eligible Applicants

Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Agency Name

Golden Field Office

Description

The objective of the Advancements in Algal Biomass Yield (ABY) funding opportunity is to demonstrate, at a process development unit scale of one (1) acre cultivation equivalent, algal biofuel intermediate yield of 2,500 gallons of biofuel feedstock (or equivalent dry weight basis) per acre per year by 2018. The Biomass Technologies Office believes this target is an important milestone in reducing the cost of algal biofuels to cost-competitive levels on the way to achieving 5,000 gallons per acre by 2022. This FOA will focus on a longer-term (up to 60 months) effort to integrate research and development on comprehensive mid-scale processes from strain development to production of biofuel intermediates. This will complement and build upon the current body of research to support enhanced algal biomass yields. The FOA establishes one comprehensive topic area encouraging integrated research that focuses on the following three main priority areas: 1 ? Improvements in Algal Biomass Productivity; 2 ? Improvements in Preprocessing Technologies; and 3 ? Technical Advances that Enable Integration of Algal Biomass Unit Operations.

Healthy Homes Technical Studies Program

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 01/15/2013 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

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Document Type:

Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number:

FR-5700-N-12

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Posted Date:

Jan 15, 2013

Creation Date:

Jan 15, 2013

Original Closing Date for Applications:

Mar 19, 2013 HUD will issue a technical correction to this NOFA if appropriations are enacted that require HUD to modify the funding criteria or application requirements, or if HUD determines that adjustments to estimated award amounts or timelines are necessary. Any such technical correction will provide detailed instructions for applicants to permit them to resubmit the application to address the revised NOFA requirements.

Current Closing Date for Applications:

Mar 19, 2013 HUD will issue a technical correction to this NOFA if appropriations are enacted that require HUD to modify the funding criteria or application requirements, or if HUD determines that adjustments to estimated award amounts or timelines are necessary. Any such technical correction will provide detailed instructions for applicants to permit them to resubmit the application to address the revised NOFA requirements.

Archive Date:

Mar 25, 2013

Funding Instrument Type:

Grant

Category of Funding Activity:

Housing

Category Explanation:

Expected Number of Awards:

Estimated Total Program Funding:

Award Ceiling:

$750,000

Award Floor:

$300,000

CFDA Number(s):

14.906 -- Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grants

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:

No

Eligible Applicants

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Academic and non-profit institutions located in the United States, state and units of local government and federally recognized Native American tribes are eligible under all existing authorizations. For-profit firms also are eligible; however, they are not allowed to earn a profit from the grant. Applications to supplement existing projects are eligible to compete with applications for new awards. Neither Federal agencies nor individuals are eligible to submit applications. The 2013 General Section identifies threshold requirements that must be met for an organization to receive an award. If your organization received an award under the FY2012 Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grant Program cycle, you are not eligible to apply, unless you apply with a different Principal Investigator.

Agency Name

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Description

Purpose: To fund technical studies to improve existing methods for detecting and controlling key housing-related health and safety hazards; to develop new methods to detect and control these hazards; and to improve our knowledge of key housing-related health and safety hazards. The overall goal of the Healthy Homes Technical Studies program is to gain knowledge to improve the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of methods for evaluation and control of housing-related health and safety hazards. This also supports HUD’s Strategic Goal to utilize housing as a platform for improving the quality of life and health outcomes for those living in HUD-assisted and HUD-regulated housing, and the associated policy priority to build inclusive and sustainable communities by improving the health of community residents while reducing the impact of communities on the environment.

Link to Additional Information

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For programmatic questions on the Healthy Homes Technical Studies program, you may contact Dr. Peter Ashley at 202-402-7595. For grants administrative questions, you may contact Ms. Nadine Heath, at 202- 402-7680. Program Contacts

Friday, January 11, 2013

013 Fellowship Application Deadline: February 15, 2013

The Ms. Foundation for Women Fellowship provides the opportunity for dynamic leaders to leverage our resources and support to develop promising strategies to shift policies and cultural conditions that enable inequality to thrive. Recognizing a particular urgency within marginalized communities, we fight for equal pay, reproductive justice, an end to violence and child sexual abuse, and countless other issues that impact women.

For the second consecutive year, we are pleased to announce the Ms. Foundation Fellowship. This one-year fellowship (Sept. 2013 to Aug. 2014), housed in the Ms. Foundation's newly established Advocacy and Policy department, will fund a talented early to mid-career individual to pursue a project in support of the foundation's ongoing work. If successful, the project may be eligible for continued funding.

We seek fellowship proposals that apply creative, relevant tactics to improve conditions for women regarding the following critical issues:

Child sexual abuse

Economic justice

Reproductive justice

Sexualization of girls

The Fellow selected will be a full-time, paid employee of the Ms. Foundation for Women and receive:

Financial compensation up to $85,000 for one year (dependent upon project terms and experience)

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Rooftop Solar Challenge II

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 12/20/2012 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

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Eligible Applicants

State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Consortia, made up of regional or statewide teams of local, governments, large single jurisdictions, or Tribal governments. The total population represented or impacted by an Applicant for this FOA must be 1,000,000 or greater as defined by the 2010 report of the U.S. Census Bureau. Applicant must be located in the United States.

Agency Name

Golden Field Office

Description

The purpose of Amendment 001 is to provide the webinar information within the FOA document. The Rooftop Solar Challenge II (RSC II) is a program intended to deploy, at the regional and national scale innovative, local government-level solutions towards eliminating market barriers and lowering the non-hardware balance of system costs (?soft costs?) of grid-tied solar photovoltaics (PV). Applicants will be expected to have already demonstrated exceptional progress towards achieving soft cost reductions in specific geographic areas, and must present a credible plan to build on these successes by rapidly deploying techniques and tools to achieve larger-scale impact on solar PV markets. In addition to receiving a rigorous qualitative evaluation, Applicants will be quantitatively assessed and scored during and at the end of the project period according to the DOE Solar Market Maturity Model (SM3). Applicants are expected to propose a means for achieving the widespread process standardization that is critical to achieving rapid scale-up of PV markets. Applicants may apply for one of two Topic Areas of awards: 1. Topic Area A: Wide-Impact Awards: These awards are intended to fund unique and innovative approaches to local solar PV market transformation, with particular focus on approaches with wide geographic and large population impacts. 2. Topic Area B: State and Regional-Impact Awards: These awards are intended to fund efforts to streamline and standardize processes at the state and regional level. In accordance with 10 CFR 600.6(b), eligibility for award is restricted to Applicants: ? Located in the United States; and ? State or territorial governments; or ? Local governments; or ? Consortia, made up of regional or statewide teams of local, governments, large single jurisdictions, or Tribal governments; or ? Non-profit or for-profit entities authorized to act on behalf of a consortia of state and/or local governments, and ? The total population represented or impacted by an Applicant for this FOA must be 1,000,000 or greater as defined by the 2010 report of the U.S. Census Bureau. The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. Applications must be submitted through the EERE eXCHANGE website to be considered for award. The applicant must first register and create an account on the EERE eXCHANGE website. A User Guide for the EERE eXCHANGE can be found on the EERE website http://eere.energy.gov/financing/exchangeExchange/Manuals.aspx after logging in to the system. Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full FOA posted on the EERE Exchange website.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

NEA Challenge America Fast-Track Application, FY 2014

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 01/03/2013 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

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Document Type:

Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number:

2013NEA01CAFT

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Posted Date:

Jan 03, 2013

Creation Date:

Jan 03, 2013

Original Closing Date for Applications:

May 23, 2013 “The Grants.gov system must receive your validated and accepted application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 23, 2013.”

Current Closing Date for Applications:

May 23, 2013 “The Grants.gov system must receive your validated and accepted application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 23, 2013.”

Archive Date:

Jun 22, 2013

Funding Instrument Type:

Grant

Category of Funding Activity:

Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)

Category Explanation:

Expected Number of Awards:

Estimated Total Program Funding:

Award Ceiling:

$10,000

Award Floor:

$10,000

CFDA Number(s):

45.024 -- Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:

Yes

Eligible Applicants

State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:

An organization may submit only one application through one of the following FY 2014 Grants for Arts Projects categories: Art Works or Challenge America Fast-Track. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2014. Applicant Eligibility Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. Applicants may be arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, local education agencies (school districts), and other organizations that can help advance the goals of the Arts Endowment. To be eligible, the applicant organization must: • Meet the Arts Endowment's "Legal Requirements" including nonprofit, tax-exempt status at the time of application. (All organizations must apply directly on their own behalf. Applications through a fiscal agent are not allowed.) • Have a three-year history of programming prior to the application deadline. • Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment grant(s) previously received.

Agency Name

National Endowment for the Arts

Description

An organization may submit only one application through one of the following FY 2014 Grants for Arts Projects categories: Art Works or Challenge America Fast-Track. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2014 The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Age alone (e.g., youth, seniors) does not qualify a group as underserved; at least one of the underserved characteristics noted above also must be present. Grants are available for professional arts programming and for projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development. This category encourages and supports the following two outcomes: •Engagement: Engaging the public with diverse and excellent art. •Livability: The strengthening of communities through the arts. You will be asked to select the outcome that is most relevant to your project (you also will be able to select a secondary outcome). When making selections, you should identify the outcome(s) that reflect the results expected to be achieved by your project. If you receive a grant, you also will be asked to provide evidence of those results. Challenge America Fast-Track grants: •Extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. •Are limited to the specific types of projects outlined below. •Are for a fixed amount of $10,000 and require a minimum $10,000 match. •Receive an expedited application review. Organizations are notified whether they have been recommended for a grant approximately six months after they apply; projects may start shortly thereafter.

NEA Art Works Applications, FY 2014

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 01/03/2013 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

Any inconsistency between the original printed document and the disk or electronic document shall be resolved by giving precedence to the printed document.

Document Type:

Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number:

2013NEA01AW1

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Posted Date:

Jan 03, 2013

Creation Date:

Jan 03, 2013

Original Closing Date for Applications:

Mar 07, 2013 “The Grants.gov system must receive your validated and accepted application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on March 7, 2013.”

Current Closing Date for Applications:

Mar 07, 2013 “The Grants.gov system must receive your validated and accepted application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on March 7, 2013.”

Archive Date:

Apr 06, 2013

Funding Instrument Type:

Grant

Category of Funding Activity:

Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)

Category Explanation:

Expected Number of Awards:

Estimated Total Program Funding:

Award Ceiling:

$100,000

Award Floor:

$10,000

CFDA Number(s):

45.024 -- Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:

Yes

Eligible Applicants

State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:

An organization may submit only one application through one of the following FY 2014 Grants for Arts Projects categories: Art Works or Challenge America Fast-Track. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2014. Applicant Eligibility Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. Applicants may be arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, local education agencies (school districts), and other organizations that can help advance the goals of the Arts Endowment. To be eligible, the applicant organization must: • Meet the Arts Endowment's "Legal Requirements" including nonprofit, tax-exempt status at the time of application. (All organizations must apply directly on their own behalf. Applications through a fiscal agent are not allowed.) • Have a three-year history of programming prior to the application deadline. • Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment grant(s) previously received.

Agency Name

National Endowment for the Arts

Description

An organization may submit only one application through one of the following FY 2014 Grants for Arts Projects categories: Art Works or Challenge America Fast-Track. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2014. The guiding principle of "Art Works" is at the center of everything we do at the NEA. "Art Works" refers to three things: the works of art themselves, the ways art works on audiences, and the fact that art is work for the artists and arts professionals who make up the field. To make "art work," the NEA has included the advancement of innovation as a core component of its mission as a way to ensure the vitality of the arts. We recognize that arts and design organizations are often in the forefront of innovation in their work and strongly encourage innovative projects which are characterized as those that: •Are likely to prove transformative with the potential for meaningful change, whether in the development or enhancement of new or existing art forms, new approaches to the creation or presentation of art, or new ways of engaging the public with art; •Are distinctive, offering fresh insights and new value for their fields and/or the public through unconventional solutions; and •Have the potential to be shared and/or emulated, or are likely to lead to other advances in the field. Through the projects that we support in the Art Works category, we want to achieve the following four outcomes: •Creation: The creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, •Engagement: Public engagement with diverse and excellent art, •Learning: Lifelong learning in the arts, and •Livability: The strengthening of communities through the arts.

BJA FY 13 Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 01/02/2013 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

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Description of Modification
Updated eligible applicants.

Document Type:

Modification to Previous Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number:

BJA-2013-3472

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Posted Date:

Jan 02, 2013

Creation Date:

Jan 03, 2013

Original Closing Date for Applications:

Mar 04, 2013

Current Closing Date for Applications:

Mar 04, 2013

Archive Date:

Apr 03, 2013

Funding Instrument Type:

Grant

Category of Funding Activity:

Law, Justice and Legal Services

Category Explanation:

Expected Number of Awards:

Estimated Total Program Funding:

Award Ceiling:

$1,000,000

Award Floor:

$0

CFDA Number(s):

16.817 -- Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:

No

Eligible Applicants

State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Eligible entities to serve as fiscal agent include states, unit of local governments, non-profit organizations (including tribal non-profit organizations), and federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

Agency Name

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Description

Healthy, vibrant communities1 are places that provide the opportunities, resources, and an environment that children, youth, and adults need to maximize their life outcomes, including high-quality schools and cradle-to-career educational programs; high-quality and affordable housing; thriving commercial establishments; access to quality health care and health services; art and cultural amenities; parks and other recreational spaces; and the safety to take advantage of these opportunities. Unfortunately, millions of Americans live in distressed neighborhoods2 where a combination of crime, poverty, unemployment, poor health, struggling schools, inadequate housing, and disinvestment keep many residents from reaching their full potential. The complexity of these issues has led to the emergence of comprehensive place-based and community-oriented initiatives that involve service providers from multiple sectors and disciplines, as well as community representatives from all types of organizations, to work together to reduce and prevent crime and to revitalize communities.

Link to Additional Information

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For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. Technical Support

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EarthCube

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 12/27/2012 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

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Eligible Applicants

Additional Information on Eligibility:

*Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -For-profit organizations: U.S. commercial organizations, especially small businesses with strong capabilities in scientific or engineering research or education. -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities. -Other Federal Agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs): Contact the appropriate program before preparing a proposal for submission. -Universities and Colleges - Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions.

Agency Name

National Science Foundation

Description

EarthCube is a community-driven activity sponsored through a partnership between the NSF Directorate of Geosciences and Office of Cyberinfrastructure to transform the conduct of geosciences research and education. EarthCube aims to create a well-connected and facile environment to share data and knowledge in an open, transparent, and inclusive manner, thus accelerating the ability of the geosciences community to understand and predict the Earth system. EarthCube is a long-term dialog between the NSF and the interested scientific communities to develop cyberinfrastructure that is thoughtfully and systematically built to meet the current and future requirements of geoscientists. New avenues will be supported to gather community requirements and priorities for the elements of EarthCube, and to capture the best technologies to meet the current and future needs of the broad and diverse geoscience community. The EarthCube portfolio will consist of interconnected projects and activities that engage the geoscience, cyberinfrastructure, computer science, and associated communities. The portfolio of activities and funding opportunities will evolve over time depending on the status of the EarthCube effort and the scientific and cultural needs of the geosciences community.This umbrella solicitation for EarthCube allows funding opportunities to be flexible and responsive to emerging community needs and collaborative processes. The EarthCube vision and goals do not change over time, and this section of the solicitation will remain constant. Funding opportunities to develop elements of the EarthCube environment will be described in amendments to this solicitation. Amendments will appear in the Program Description Section of the solicitation and will include details on the parameters, scope, conditions, and requirements of the proposal call. Researchers who receive alerts related to solicitation releases will receive notification when the EarthCube solicitation is updated with an Amendment.